Royals pitcher Chris Young spent his offseason at home in Texas juggling two distinct jobs, two activities you might associate with a baseball player approaching his 38th birthday.
The first was rehab, eight weeks of rest and recovery after offseason surgery to repair a tear in his abdominal muscles. The second was considerably more fun.
After returning to Dallas, Young took over coaching duties on his daughter’s third-grade basketball team. There were practices to organize and games to attend, and there were the usual scraped knees and lessons to impart. Geno Auriemma, he is not. But for Young, a former Division I basketball player at Princeton, the experience offered memories of his days in a YMCA league back home in Texas.